According to Reuters, Yahoo will gradually roll out the blocking of Google and Facebook logins across its services, starting with Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick’Em. All Yahoo properties will eventually be changed to only accept Yahoo logins.

Unfortunately for Yahoo, this move runs contrary to what is happening across the rest of the Web. Users are generally being given more choice in the service they use to log in to websites and services. So this seems like a huge step in the wrong direction.

Japan To Try Regulating Bitcoin

Warren Buffett on #Bitcoin: “It’s not a currency… wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not around in 10 years.”

This means Bitcoin will be subject to taxes, with transactions and trades all being liable for levies. Individuals and businesses would be asked to pay the 8 percent consumption tax on all purchases made using the primary cryptocurrency. Assuming, of course, that the authorities could track them down in the first place. Which is unlikely.

Project Spark Lands On Xbox One

Project Spark, an ambitious open world game creation tool, has landed on Xbox One. Microsoft launched Project Spark on Windows 8.1 in December, and, even though it’s still in beta, it has now been launched on Xbox One too.

Project Spark allows budding game developers to turn their ideas into reality, creating worlds, characters, and gameplay elements before sharing them with the community. Microsoft claims 250,000 people have already signed up for the beta, with more invited to do so via the Project Spark website.

An official blog post takes us through the numbers, with “impressions” being cited for the first time. These impressions are essentially what Twitter calls views, being representative of how many times tweets related to the Oscars were displayed to users across Twitter. Which will be of particular interest to advertisers, no doubt.

The whole session is embedded above, but those who cannot bear to listen to Ballmer speak for over an hour can glean the highlights from The New York Times. Ballmer hinted that he’d be following the example set by his predecessor Bill Gates, suggesting his retirement means, “I get the chance of trying to find out what may be fun to make a difference in the world.”

I have a BIG doubt.
IF an XP computer is NOT connected to the net (like mine), how will MS send popup reminders?
Assuming, too, that XP users dont update their computers ever again.
Not that many do, myself included :-)